Through the REALTORS® Relief Foundation, launched by the National Association of Realtors in 2001 within hours of the attacks on 9/11, more than $20 million dollars has been donated to help families in need. According to 2001 NAR president, Richard Mendenhall, in this month’s REALTOR® magazine, “Many people think we just sell property. In actuality, we help people find the place they will call home and we help people find quality of life….When we see others lose their quality of life through tragedy, we take action.”
In the first three months after 9/11, the Foundation gave over 8.5 million to help 1,333 families. Money has been given to families who have experienced fires, tornados, hurricanes, tsunamis, flooding, earthquakes and wildfires.
I am sure the Foundation will be there again to help after Irene. Thanks to all the REALTORS® who have and continue to contribute.
Posted by: 
Judy LeMarr
A beautification project along the Tiburon/Belvedere Peninsula is now in the works. Spearheaded by local residents Randi Brinkman and Hazel Carter of Frank Howard Allen and Charles Auerback, the former Mayor of Belvedere, flower baskets will be erected mid-April to line Tiburon Boulevard leading to the entrance of the downtown area of shopping and restaurants and the ferry to San Francisco. This project is being funded by local businesses and residents; the City of Tiburon is providing the watering and maintenance. It has truly become a community project and the hope is it will expand across the Peninsula. 
Randi Brinkman
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